The Arran 18yo

Island (Isle of Arran)

ABV:   46%

Price:  £76.55

Distillery:       

  • Scotland’s newest distillery (1995)
  • 750,000 litres pa
  • Source is Loch na Davie

This whisky:    aged in ex-sherry and ex-bourbon casks

Colour:           Honey Gold

Nose:             Baked peaches with syrup and toasted almonds. Butter, Vanilla and light cinnamon spice

Taste:             Sweetness, Spice, Citrus, Baked peaches

With water:     Light butter, warm, with an edge

 Other expressions:

 NAS Finishes

  • All aged in American oak for 8y, then 2y finished in

            Amarone casks         – Amarone Wine Finish

            Sauternes casks       – Sauternes Finish

            Port casks                  – Port Finish

14yo               Aged in first fill sherry & bourbon casks

NAS                Robert Burns Single Malt

10yo               James MacTaggart Anniversary Single Malt

NAS                The Bothy - Quarter Cask Batch 3